Abstract
We present the first detection of polarization around the Class 0 low-mass
protostar L1157-mm at two different wavelengths. We show polarimetric maps at
large scales (10" resolution at 350 um) from the SHARC-II Polarimeter and at
smaller scales (1.2"-4.5" at 1.3 mm) from the Combined Array for Research in
Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA). The observations are consistent with each
other and show inferred magnetic field lines aligned with the outflow. The
CARMA observations suggest a full hourglass magnetic field morphology centered
about the core; this is only the second well-defined hourglass detected around
a low-mass protostar to date. We apply two different methods to CARMA
polarimetric observations to estimate the plane-of-sky magnetic field
magnitude, finding values of 1.4 and 3.4 mG.
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